as you know, he had a presser with german chancellor angela merkel and came out to warn president putin of more sanctions in the offing. >> the russian leadership must know if it continues to destabilize eastern ukraine and disrupt this month's presidential election, we will move quickly on additional steps, including further sanctions that will impose greater costs. >> it seems to me, and let me start with you, congressman, everything that the u.s. has done, the west has done to this point begins, if this continues, we're really going to do something harsher. what is the definition of disrupting these elections later in may? >> well, the elections are scheduled for may 25th, and i think it's very, very important that the elections go smoothly. putin is trying everything he can do to disrupt the elections. and i think what president obama is trying to do is work in conjunction with our european allies. they are much more reluctant to do anything against russia because they rely on russia. >> they're tied more than we are. but the question is, i think if you'd look at what's going on in